JPH09256335A - Protective material for guide rail support - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase safety, by fitting an elastic protection member to the upper end of supports bearing a preventive guide rail against cars rushing into a sidewalk. SOLUTION: A rubber protection member 11 is fitted to the upper end of a support 2 by attaching a fitting recess provided at the lower face thereof. And a belt 13 is wound up on the recess 21 provided at the lower part of the outside face of the member 11 and fixed to the member 11 with a fastening member 45. And further, the fastening member 15 is arranged between the guide rail 1 and the support 2 so as not to contact pedestrians. The upper face 11a of the member 11 and the corners 11b are made to form a curved face to increase a protection force on pedestrian's body when he touches them. The member 11 has a fluorescent color to improve the visibility during the night and rain. In this way, when pedestrians or bicycle drivers fall down by mistake on the upper end of the support, the impulse on his body can be attenuated and serious injuries are avoidable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a guardrail support member attached to the upper end of a support rod for supporting a guardrail.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, guardrails 1 installed to separate a roadway from a sidewalk and prevent a vehicle from entering the sidewalk are provided at appropriate intervals. It is attached to the upright pillar 2 at a position of several tens of centimeters from the road surface. The guardrail 1 made of steel is provided with two convex portions 3 and a concave portion 5 provided between the two convex portions 3 on the side of the roadway to enhance the strength against the impact when the vehicle enters. Further, the pillar 2 made of steel material supports the guardrail 1 with the bolt 8 and the nut 9 in a state of being sandwiched between the recess 5 of the guardrail 1 and the mounting plate 6 on the sidewalk side of the guardrail 1.

However, the column 2
Is located on the sidewalk, so if a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle on the sidewalk accidentally falls over and falls on the upper end 7 of the steel pillar 2, there is a risk of serious injury. There was a nature. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and protects the human body so as not to be injured or to reduce the injuries even when a pedestrian or the like passing through a sidewalk comes in contact with a support pillar supporting a guardrail. It is an object of the present invention to provide a protective material for a guardrail strut.

In order to achieve this object, according to claim 1, the elastic guardrail prop protection member supports a guardrail installed to prevent the vehicle from entering a sidewalk. It is attached to the upper end of the column. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the guardrail strut protective material having elasticity is attached to the upper end portion of the strut that supports the guardrail installed to prevent the vehicle from entering the sidewalk, thereby allowing walking along the sidewalk. Even if a person or a person riding a bicycle falls accidentally and falls on the upper end of the pillar, the impact on the human body is softened. In the guard rail support member according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper surface and the corners are curved surfaces. According to the guard rail support member of the second aspect, since the upper surface and the corner portions are curved surfaces, the protection power for a human body such as a pedestrian is increased. The guard rail support member according to claim 1 or 2 is claim 3,
It is a fluorescent color. According to the guard rail support member of the third aspect, because of the fluorescent color, the visibility from a pedestrian or the like is improved even at night or in the rain. Claim 4
The guardrail column protective material according to claims 1 to 3, comprising a protective member having elasticity and having a recessed portion that can be fitted to an upper end portion of the column, and a metal fitting for fixing the protective member to the column. Become. According to the guard rail support member of claim 4, the recess of the elastic protection member is fitted to the upper end portion of the support member, so that a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle may pass by. Even if it falls over and falls on the upper end of the column, the impact on the human body is softened, and by fixing the protective member to the column with metal fittings,
Even if a force is applied to the protective member, the protective member does not come off from the column, and the safety is maintained. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the guardrail support member according to the fourth aspect, the metal fitting includes a belt member wound around the outer periphery of the protective member and a fixing member that fastens and fixes the belt member. According to the guard rail support member of claim 5, the belt member of the metal fitting is wound around the outer periphery of the protection member, and the fixing member tightens and fixes the belt member,
The protection member is easily and firmly fixed. Claim 6
In the protective material for a guardrail strut according to claim 5,
The outer peripheral portion of the protective member around which the belt member of the metal fitting is wound is concave. According to the guard rail support member of claim 6, the belt member of the metal fitting is wound around the concave portion provided on the outer peripheral portion of the protection member, so that a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle Even if the user accidentally falls over and falls on the upper end portion of the column, the belt member is not contacted. Claim 7
The guard rail support member according to any one of claims 4 to 6 is characterized in that the fixing member of the metal fitting is arranged between the guard rail and the support. According to the guardrail pillar protection material of claim 7, the fixing member of the metal fitting is disposed between the guardrail and the pillar, so that a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle may pass by. Even if it falls over and falls on the upper end of the column, it does not come into contact with the fixing member.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the same members as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support column 2 made of steel material
On the sidewalk side of the guardrail 1
The guard rail 1 is supported by the bolt 8 and the nut 9 in a state of being sandwiched between the recess 5 and the mounting plate 6. A protection member 11 made of rubber is attached to the upper end portion 7 (see FIG. 4) of the column 2. Upper surface 1 of protective member 11
The lamina 1a and the corner portion 11b are curved in order to increase the protective power against human bodies such as pedestrians. Further, the protective member 11 has a fluorescent color, and improves visibility from a pedestrian or the like even at night or in the rain. As shown in FIG. 3, the protection member 11 is provided with a recess 17 that fits into the upper end portion 7 (see FIG. 4) of the column 2. The size of the recess 17 is designed to be slightly smaller than the size of the upper end portion 7 of the support column 2, and when the protective member 11 is fitted into the upper end portion 7 of the support column 2, the protective member 11 can be easily attached. I can't get out of it. Further, a recess 21 is provided below the outer surface of the protective member 11 over the outer circumference. As shown in FIG. 2, the protection member 1
The belt 13 is wound around the recess 21 of the first belt 13, and the belt 13 is fastened and fixed by the fixing member 15. As a result, the protection member 11 is firmly fixed to the column 2.
The fixing member 15 is arranged between the guardrail 1 and the support 2. As described above, in this embodiment, since the protective member 11 having elasticity is attached to the upper end portion 7 (see FIG. 4) of the pillar 2 made of steel, it is possible to ride a pedestrian or a bicycle on the sidewalk. Even if a person accidentally falls and falls to the upper end, the impact on the human body is softened, and it is possible to prevent a serious injury due to a mere bruise or the like.
Further, since the upper surface 11a and the corner portion 11b of the protection member 11 are curved surfaces, the power of protection against a human body such as a pedestrian is increased, and it is safer. In addition, since the protective member 11 is fluorescent, visibility is good for pedestrians even at night or in the rain. Therefore, it has the effect of preventing accidents. Moreover, since the protection member 11 is fixed to the support column 2 by the belt 13 and the fixing member 15, the protection member 11 is fixed to the support column 2.
In addition, it can be easily and firmly fixed, and the safety continues. Further, since the belt 13 is wound around the concave portion 21 of the protection member 11, even if a pedestrian who walks on the sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle falls accidentally and falls to the upper end, the belt 13 is prevented from contacting. It is possible to prevent the injury of the belt 13. In addition, since the fixing member 15 is arranged between the guardrail 1 and the support column 2, a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle on the sidewalk accidentally falls and falls to the upper end portion. The fixing member 15
Can be prevented, and the fixing member 15 does not get injured. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As is apparent from the above description, according to claim 1, the elastic guardrail support member supports the guardrail installed to prevent the vehicle from entering the sidewalk. Since it is attached to the upper end of the pillar, even if a pedestrian or a bicycle rider who walks on the sidewalk accidentally falls over and falls on the upper end of the pillar, the impact on the human body is softened and mere bruise etc. Therefore, it is possible to prevent serious injury. According to the guard rail support member of the second aspect, since the upper surface and the corners are curved surfaces, the protection power for a human body such as a pedestrian is increased, and it is more safe. According to the guard rail support member of the third aspect, since it has a fluorescent color, it is easy to be seen by a pedestrian or the like even at night or in the rain. Therefore, it has an effect of preventing an accident. According to the guardrail support member for a guard rail of claim 4, since the concave portion of the elastic protection member is fitted to the upper end portion of the support pillar, a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle is mistaken. Even if you fall down and fall on the upper end of the pillar, the impact on the human body can be softened, and since the protective member is fixed to the pillar by metal fittings, the protective member can be removed from the pillar even if force is applied to the protective member. You can maintain safety without losing. According to the guard rail support member of claim 5, since the belt member of the metal fitting is wrapped around the outer periphery of the protection member and the fixing member tightens and fixes the belt member, the protection member can be easily and firmly attached to the support member. The protection member can be fixed, and even if a force is applied to the protection member, the protection member does not disengage from the support, and the safety can be maintained. According to the guard rail support member of claim 6,
Since the belt member of the metal fitting is wound around the concave portion provided on the outer peripheral portion of the protection member, a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle accidentally falls and is about to fall on the upper end of the column. In this case, contact with the belt member can be prevented, which is safe. According to the guardrail protective material of claim 7, since the fixing member of the metal fitting is arranged between the guardrail and the support column, a pedestrian passing a sidewalk or a person riding a bicycle will fall accidentally. Therefore, it is possible to prevent contact with the fixing member when the upper end of the support column falls down, which is safe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pillar and a guardrail to which a guardrail supporting protective material according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a pillar and a guardrail to which a guardrail supporting protective material of the embodiment is attached.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a guardrail protection member of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional guardrail and a pillar.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a conventional guardrail and a column.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Guardrail 2 Support 7 Upper end 11 Protection member 11a Upper surface 11b Corner 13 Belt 15 Fixing member 17 Recess 21 Recess

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A protective material for a guardrail strut, which is attached to an upper end of a strut supporting a guardrail installed to prevent a vehicle from entering a sidewalk and has elasticity. 2. The guardrail support member according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface and the corners are curved surfaces. 3. A fluorescent color.
Or the protective material for the guardrail column described in 2. 4. A protective member having elasticity and having a recessed portion that can be fitted to an upper end portion of the column, and a metal member for fixing the protective member to the column.
Protective material for the mentioned guardrail columns. 5. The metal fitting comprises a belt member wound around the outer periphery of the protection member, and a fixing member for tightening and fixing the belt member.
Protective material for the mentioned guardrail columns. 6. The guardrail support member according to claim 5, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the protective member around which the belt member of the fitting is wound is concave. 7. The guard rail support member according to claim 4, wherein the fixing member of the metal fitting is arranged between the guard rail and the support column.